Stan Hits Home Run

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Aug 17 12:01:13 PDT 2002


Dennis Robert Redmond wrote:


>Sometimes I want to whack Stanley Fish with a breadstick, but his latest
>column is a delight. After a gruesome list of all the ways that academics
>demean, humiliate, and generally screw over fellow job applicants, Fish
>writes:
>
>"The reason is simple but mysterious: Academics, most of whom can claim to
>be human beings, do not typically display the behavior of human beings,
>and seem especially incapable of recognizing job candidates as fellow
>human beings."
>(full article: http://chronicle.com/jobs/2002/08/2002081601c.htm)
>
>Stiglitz denouncing the IMF, Stan telling the academics to fuck off --
>revolution is in the air!

Wonder if Fish regrets hiring Walter Benn Michaels at UIC with affirmative action money now?

Doug



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